Today’s Super 7 > TUESDAY / APR. 12, 2016

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Have time for only one event today? Do This:Lea Salonga (thru April 17)54 Below, 254 W 54th St./ 7PM, $90+
(Performance on April 14th is at 9PM)“Fresh from her critically acclaimed performance in Allegiance on Broadway, Lea Salonga takes the stage at Feinstein’s/54 Below for a highly anticipated NYC cabaret return. Called “golden-voiced” by Variety, Salonga smartly weaves together a set list of her favorite standards, go-to pop tunes, and Broadway ballads. This trio of piano, guitar, and voice ensures an intimate experience with a true Broadway icon.” (broadwayworld.com)

Music, Dance, Performing ArtsProject B-Way/95 (Apr.07-20)Symphony Space, Broadway @ 95th St./
“Two weeks of reveling in The Great White Way as only Symphony Space can. See, hear, and meet leading singers, composers, writers, and directors with concerts, panel discussions, film screenings, workshops, literary events, and more! You’ve never been this close to Broadway before.”Tonight: Company (Performance in HD)
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space / 7PM, $24
“Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, this HD recording of Stephen Sondheim’s Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Rent) leads a star-studded cast which includes Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Christina Hendricks, Craig Bierko and Martha Plimpton.”

Iggy PopUnited Palace Theater, 4140 Broadway, at 175th St./ 8PM, $,
(may have to stub hub this one.)
“Over his five decades in music, Iggy Pop has had more lives than an alley cat, surviving the end of his band the Stooges, heroin addiction and more. His career was first resurrected in the ’70s by his friend, musician-producer David Bowie, and again in the ’80s with MTV hit “Candy.” The Stooges successfully reunited in the aughts and in mid-March Pop released darker, introspective “Post Pop Depression,” made together with Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age.” (NewYorker)

Marcus Strickland’s Twi-LifeLe Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., near Thompson St./ 10PM, $
Mr. Strickland is a saxophonist and bandleader who has successfully straddled the realms of postbop and modern groove music. “Nihil Novi” — his appealing new album, produced by Meshell Ndegeocello and due out on Blue Note/Revive next Friday — traces an arc through jazz, hip-hop, Afrobeat and soul, with partners like the trumpeter Keyon Harrold and the keyboardist Masayuki Hirano, both part of his cohort here.” (Chinen-NYT)

Smart Stuff / Other(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other)Prince of Darkness: ​The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black MillionaireGraduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave./ 6:30PM, FREE
“Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time, Jeremiah Hamilton. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a white woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally set his white contemporaries teeth on edge when he wasn’t just plain outsmarting them. An important contribution to American history, Hamilton’s life offers a way into considering, from the unusual perspective of a black man, subjects that are usually seen as being quintessentially white, totally segregated from the African American past.” (ThoughtGallery.org)

“Street Food in New York City Past and Present”
The New School — Starr Foundation Hall, 63 Fifth Avenue/ 6:30PM, $40
“Explore the history of street food in New York City during this panel discussion — with Anneke Geyzen, Dave Cook, and Fabio Parasecoli — which examines the development of public policy and the social impact of street fare. Tickets ($40 for general admission) include snacks.” (VillageVoice)

Elsewhere, this looks worth the detour:
The Stoop Series | New York’s Underground Art Museum:An Inside Look at MTA Arts and DesignBRIC, 647 Fulton St./ 7PM, FREE
“A panel discussion that gives an inside look at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s remarkable program of contemporary art commissions throughout the city’s transportation system, with Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts & Design, and several artists who have been commissioned to create the works we see on our daily commute.” (ThoughtGallery.org)

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♦ Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.
♦ NYCity, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats in advance, even if just on day of performance.
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Sometimes you just need a beer and a burger. If so, Corner Bistro is the place you want. Located just outside the hip Meatpacking district, this corner bar and grill is decidedly unhip, but it’s not uncrowded, especially at night. Seems that everyone knows this place has one of the better burgers in town.

In the maze of streets known as the West Village, where West 4th intersects with West 12th (and West 11th, and West 10th, go figure), you will eventually find Corner Bistro on the corner of West 4th and Jane Street. An unassuming neighborhood tavern, it looks just like dozens of other taverns around town.

The bartender tells me that the Corner Bistro celebrated it’s 50th anniversary last year. The well worn interior tells me that the place itself is much older.

Corner Bistro has outlasted many of those other taverns around town because they know how to keep it simple — just good burgers and beer, fairly priced. The classic bistro Burger is only $6.75, and should be ordered medium rare, which will be plenty rare for most folks. Actually, it will be a juicy, messy delight – make sure you have extra napkins. I like to pull up a stool and sit by the large front window in the afternoon, where I can rest my burger and beer on the shelf, and watch the Villagers walk by.

Corner Bistro seems to attract very different groups of patrons depending on time of day. While it’s crowded with locals in the evening, in the afternoon you hear different foreign languages, and watch groups of euro tourists wander in, led by their guidebooks and smartphones.

For the classic Bistro experience, order your burger with a McSorley’s draft, the dark preferably. This is the same beer that you can get over at the original McSorley’s in the East Village, the pub that claims to be the oldest continually operating bar in NYCity. The only difference is that this McSorley’s ale is served with a smile by the bartenders here. Or you can get a Sierra Nevada, Stella, or Hoegaarden on tap if you want to go upscale a bit. Either way this is a simple, but quality burger and beer experience that is just too rare these days (sorry for the pun).
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Website: cornerbistrony.com
Phone #: 212-242-9502
Hours: 11:30am-4am Mon-Sat; 12pm-4am Sun
Happy Hour: NO
Music: Juke Box
Subway: #1/2/3 to 14th St. (S end of platform)
Walk 2 blk W. on 13th St. to 8th Ave.; 1 blk S. on 8th Ave. to Jane St.
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==================================================================================“Pub” is used in it’s broadest sense – bars, bar/restaurants, jazz clubs, wine bars, tapas bars, craft beer bars, dive bars, cocktail lounges, and of course, pubs – just about anyplace you can get a drink without a cover charge (except for certain jazz clubs).

If you have a fave premier pub or good eating place on Manhattan’s WestSide let us all know about it – leave a comment.

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An enormous base of NYCity user reviews (2.1 million) provides the widest coverage of hotels (468), restaurants (12,645) and things to do (yes, 3,246). Have a specific question? Then try one of Trip Advisor’s forums. Just remember that with all those reviews you have to try to find the consistency among the comments, and ignore the outliers.

OpenTable
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Subway Time
Need to catch your #1,2,3 subway to attend an event? Use the Subway Time app from the MTA to find out when the next train arrives at your station. The MTA also has Bus Time info available on their mobile website.
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